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By Jack Silbert on December 13, 2012
December 3, back home from visiting an art gallery and a movie alone, I fetch mail from my box in the first-floor vestibule, beige brightness filling the space from the fixture overhead Quiet darkness still trying to seep in through the front door’s wood-trimmed glass. Purple envelope from the farm. Old college roommate: business degree […]
Posted in poems | Tagged BLAST Gallery, Carnegie Mellon, Cedar Lane Cinemas, DreamAcres Farm, Hoboken, Jim Daniels, Minnesota, New Jersey, Peace Corps, Teaneck, thanks Sarah, Wykoff
By Jack Silbert on June 12, 2012
EPISODE #28: ART The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Clean — “Art School” Superchunk — Art Class (Song for Yayoi Kusama)” Nat King Cole — “Mona Lisa” The Modern Lovers — “Pablo Picasso” They Might Be Giants — “Meet James Ensor” Mission of Burma — “Max Ernst” Portastatic — “I’m in Love (With Arthur […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Art Brut, Black Lips, BLAST Gallery, I'm From Barcelona, Jonathan Richman, King Missile, Matthew Sweet, Mission of Burma, Modern Lovers, Nat King Cole, Neil Young, Portastatic, Superchunk, The Band, The Clean, unpopular music
By Jack Silbert on June 5, 2012
EPISODE #27: QUEEN ELIZABETH II’S DIAMOND JUBILEE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] THe Clean — “Diamond Shine” Sex Pistols — “God Save the Queen” The Stone Roses — “Elizabeth My Dear” Cynthia Nelson — “No Queen (The Gambler)” Noise Addict — “Pop Queen” Chuck Berry — “Little Queenie” Johnny Cash — “Ballad of a […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged ABBA, Beatles, BLAST Gallery, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, Cynthia Nelson, Daniel Johnston, Johnny Cash, Luluc, Noise Addict, popular music, Queen, Sex Pistols, Soft Boys, Stone Roses, The Smiths, unpopular music
By Jack Silbert on May 29, 2012
EPISODE #26: REQUESTS II The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Beach Boys — “This Whole World” [for Sarah J.] Dan Zanes w/ Barbara Brousal — “Que Fortunidad!” [for Sarah E.] Roscoe Holcomb — “Old Smoky” [for Lisa Z.] Jack White — “Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy” [for Lisa R.] Ray Charles — “Hallelujah I Love Her […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Beach Boys, Billy Bragg, BLAST Gallery, Brave Combo, Dan Zanes, dB's, Dennis Young, Jack White, Minor Threat, Optiganally Yours, popular music, Prince, Ray Charles, Roscoe Holcomb, the Cars, Tiny Tim, Tom Waits, unpopular music
By Jack Silbert on May 22, 2012
EPISODE #25: THE SUN The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Beatles — “Here Comes the Sun” Pernice Brothers — “There Goes the Sun” Velvet Underground — “Who Loves the Sun” Beach Boys — “The Warmth of the Sun” Bill Withers — “Ain’t No Sunshine” Apples in Stereo — “Sun Is Out” Pianosaurus — “Sun […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Apples in Stereo, Beach Boys, Beatles, Bill Withers, BLAST Gallery, Clem Snide, Male Bonding, Pernice Brothers, Pianosaurus, Polyphonic Spree, popular music, sun, Terry Jacks, The Carter Family, unpopular music, Velvet Underground
By Jack Silbert on May 15, 2012
EPISODE #24: EQUALITY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Sly & the Family Stone — “Everyday People” Josie Cotton — “Johnny, Are You Queer?” of Montreal — “Tim I Wish You Were Born a Girl” The Kinks — “Lola” Blur — “Girls & Boys” Sweet — “A.C.D.C.” Joan Jett and the Blackhearts — “Crimson and […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged BLAST Gallery, Blur, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, gay marriage, gay rights, Joan Jett, Josie Cotton, Kinks, Lemonheads, marriage equality, Of Montreal, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Pete Seeger, Scott Thompson, Sly & the Family Stone, Sweet, The Felt Tips, The Field Mice, The Frogs, unpopular music
By Jack Silbert on May 8, 2012
EPISODE #23: THE MOON The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Frank Sinatra — “Fly Me to the Moon” Big Eyes — “Back From the Moon” Dukes of Stratosphear — “Bike Ride to the Moon” Nana Grizol — “Circles ‘Round the Moon” Elvis Presley — “Blue Moon” Dump — “Moon River” Les Paul & Mary Ford […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Beach Boys, Beulah, Big Eyes, BLAST Gallery, Dukes of Stratosphear, Dump, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Les Paul, Lyle Lovett, Mary Ford, Nana Grizol, Rolling Stones, unpopular music, Waterboys, Willie Nile
By Jack Silbert on May 1, 2012
EPISODE #22: ASK JACK The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Question from Ryan: Dear Jack,I recently tried your tv advertised bacon cheese burger combo!&I found that in REAL LIFE!THE SANDWICH I BOUGHT DIDN’T LOOK ANY WHERE NEAR AS SUBSTANTIAL AS THE 1 IN THE TV AD!YOUR A FRAUD!! 🙁 Post-answer song: The Inconceivables — “Hamburger […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged advice, Ask Jack, BLAST Gallery, Differentgear, Elvis Costello, Handsome Boy Modeling School, J. Geils Band, Johnny Thunders, Len Price 3, Lucinda Williams, Stone Roses, Yo La Tengo
By Jack Silbert on April 24, 2012
EPISODE #21: NATURE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Nat King Cole — “Nature Boy” Kelly Stoltz — “Mother Nature” The Beatles — “Mother Nature’s Son” Shop Assistants — “Nature Lover” Heron — “Upon Reflection” Midlake — “Core of Nature” The Bats — “Flowers & Trees” Talking Heads — “(Nothing But) Flowers” Phillip Glass — […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Beatles, BLAST Gallery, Earth Day, Emitt Rhodes, Heron, Holly Golightly, Kelly Stoltz, Midlake, music for Earth Day, Nat King Cole, nature, Phillip Glass, Shop Assistants, Simon & Garfunkel, Smog, songs for Earth Day, Talking Heads, The Bats, unpopular music, Velvet Underground
By Jack Silbert on April 18, 2012
EPISODE #20: REQUESTS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Ramones — Rockaway Beach [for Carli] Josef K — “Fun ‘n’ Frenzy” [for Ryan McGinness] The Jam — “That’s Entertainment” [for the Mapman] Blossom Toes — “I’ll Be Late for Tea” [for Theron] The Beatles — “Tomorrow Never Knows” [for Mike Gerber] Crowded House — […]
Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Beatles, BLAST Gallery, Blossom Toes, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Clark Kessinger, Crowded House, Downturn Abbey, George Kopp, Josef K, Linzie Hunter, Michael Gerber, Mull Historical Society, Ramones, Ryan McGinness, The Field Mice, The Glands, The Jam, The Receptionists, unpopular music, Willie Nelson, Yo La Tengo
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